Colton Cornely
About Colton Cornely
Colton Cornely is a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer at Varonis, with a background in cloud architecture and systems engineering.
Current Title and Role
Colton Cornely is a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer at Varonis. He has been with the company since 2022, working in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Previous Experience at Eaton
From 2018 to 2022, Colton Cornely worked at Eaton as a Cloud Architect, also based in Raleigh, North Carolina. During his tenure, he automated the configuration of Eaton's Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Storage, and Virtualization. He developed and managed necessary Python and Ansible modules to streamline workflows and evaluated an automation framework for Eaton's hybrid cloud platform. Colton conducted evaluations and proof-of-concepts for various technology solutions, providing management with informed recommendations.
Early Career and Roles
Colton commenced his career in technology as a Site Infrastructure Support at Epiphany Management Group in the Cleveland/Akron, Ohio area from 2015 to 2016. He later served as an ETL Developer at Bowling Green State University from 2017 to 2018 in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Educational Background
Colton Cornely earned a Master of Science (MS) in Systems Engineering from The George Washington University, completing the program in 2022. He achieved a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a specialization in Management Information Systems from Bowling Green State University, finishing in 2018. Additionally, he holds a High School diploma from St. Edward High School, where he studied from 2010 to 2014.
Professional Initiatives and Contributions
During his four-year stint at Eaton, Colton Cornely automated several critical configurations including Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Storage, and Virtualization. He played a key role in developing a plan to manage Python and Ansible modules, thereby optimizing workflow. Colton also spearheaded the evaluation and development of an automation framework for Eaton's hybrid cloud platform, conducting reviews and proof-of-concepts for technology solutions and advising management accordingly.